Publication Database

Judicial review: Briefing for local Compacts and voluntary organisations

01-Sep-14

Compact Voice

Judicial review is the process by which the courts examine the lawfulness of a public authority�s decision. This briefing note explains what judicial review is (and what it isn�t), how it works in practice and the main issues that voluntary and community sector (VCS) organisations need to consider. This note is not, and is not intended to be, a substitute for professional legal advice, which should be sought by anyone considering bringing a judicial review.

Crime

Violence against women and girls: communications insight pack

05-Jun-14

Home Office

New insight pack which has been developed to provide partners with information about issues related to violence against women and girls. The pack covers a wide range of VAWG areas and includes key national statistics, background information on policy, government and partner campaigns which tackle VAWG. It also signposts other�useful research and how to access various support materials which are currently available to partners. Includes Teenage Relationship Abuse campaign; Teenage Rape Prevention and Domestic Violence.�

Crime

What's in a name? The identification of children in trouble with the law.

08-May-14

Standing Committee for Youth Justice

Published by The Standing Committee on Youth Justice, the report finds that the law on naming and shaming is not fit for purpose and makes a number of recommendations,�

Crime

National protocol for case responsibility

01-May-14

Youth Justice Board for England and Wales

The National Protocol for Case Responsibility, revised and refreshed, is published this month and aims to promotes consistent practice among youth offending teams (YOTs) in England and Wales concerning young people from outside the YOT�s geographical area. The protocol provides practice guidance and principles to assist YOTs to work in partnership with others to safeguard children�s welfare, manage public protection issues and ensure supervision meets court expectations. During 2012/13, there were approximately 1,300 full case transfers between youth offending teams (YOTs) in England and Wales and a significant number of cases that were subject to temporary caretaking arrangements.

Crime

Lessons from Youth in Focus

30-Mar-17

Beyond Youth Custody

This report highlights key lessons from the Youth in Focus (YIF) programme, using the characteristics identified from five years of BYC�s research as a framework for understanding and describing these lessons.

Crime

Making the case for core funding

01-Mar-19

Esmee Fairbairn Foundation

The Esmee Fairbairn Foundation has published�Insights on Core Funding, reporting on their own learning from giving core funding to beneficiaries in order to encourage other funders to do the same.�

Civil Society

Small charities, key findings from our data

21-Jan-19

NCVO

This blog summarises what we know about small charities based on the UK Civil Society Almanac 2018 and builds on some of the analysis we did for Lloyds Bank Foundation in 2016.�

Civil Society

Civil Society Strategy: building a future that works for everyone

09-Aug-18

Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport,�Office for Civil Society,�Tracey Crouch MP, and�The Rt Hon Jeremy Wright MP

The government�s civil society strategy sets out how government aims to work with and for civil society in the long-term.

Civil Society

The Social Change Project: final report

01-Jun-18

Sheila McKechnie Foundation

This is a report about what civil society could achieve if it were working to its full potential: how it could contribute to positive social change if it were working optimally and without constraint.�

Civil Society

State of the membership 2018

01-Mar-18

UK Youth

This report found that regardless of an organisation�s method of delivery, the top three challenges were the same.

Civil Society